The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-10 00:00:00

zJNEy MARKET AND COMPEERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CL OCK: The idea that at any moment the Bank of Eng land directors may enhance the value of their minimum quotation still exercises paramount in fluence is monetary circles, and occasions great aPPrehension in the minds of the commercial com munity The discount market shows very little Ch ange, either with respect to the demand for ac e3natnolation or the terms upon which it is granted, 9 Par Cent. being the general charge, and 81 per c ent• the excentional quotation for the best short dated Paper. The supplies of capital are abundant, the continued high rates having induced the public to loan their money out for short periods. T he report of the directors of the Mid-Kent Rail "EtY (Bromley to St. Mary) has been issued this 111?rein6-. It states that terms have hem arranged for the London, Chatham, and Dover Company or the conduct of the Cray's company, A dividend " 4 Per cent, per annum on the share capital is re commended. T he annual meeting of the Royal Insurance Corn r as a y was h e ld on t h e sth i nst. at Li verpool. The e etorai report, usual, T was highly satisfactory. a . h e Increase in the fire insurance has been extraor -11417, the premiums of th e y ear reac hi ng £341,668 " 2 d, being an advance of £40,977 78,3 d over the . Ir , ece ding year. A no th er f avoura bl e circumstance 'laded to in the report is that the losses of the last l e er hav e amounted to a less per tentage of the oatnclint of the total premiums than for any period mu rlng the eleven preceding years. The progress t ! t he life bran c h, a s s h own by th e new b us i ness 411aaetel the last year, is also greatly on the in er?ase, so much so that the chairman, in his remarks, 4414 exhibited a rapidity of progress probably e lltie zerapled, which he forcibly illustrated by re ;4Pltnlating the astounding fact mentioned in the 1 . -e P ort, that the net sum insured on new policies ~."4 in 1863 £ 752,546, upon which the net income Was 42 4,069—with the still more astounding ; act that the amount insured in the Royal j )° , l3 new life policies for the first six months 6 ' 86 4 actually exceeded half a million sterling. n i _ e n figures as those, to be found is the report ; Wu ich we give in another column), prove most of the that the Royal is, undoubtedly, one the safest surest, and best insurance offices ever established, Two O'CLOCK. t Pari s thi s day, according to Mr. Reuter ' s teleg ram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 40c. to T he En g li s h M ar k et h as ex hibi te d s li g h t symp- , „, 11:18 of firmn ess , en d b us i nes s h as b een a li tt l e mor e active. Consols formoney are 89, and for the 4cooant at 89 53 . The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 883 3 ; the Annuities, 1885, 14 9-16; R C hequer Bill s , 25a. dis,; India 5 per Cents., " t(l ckf 1033 1041 ; and the Bonds, 253, dis. PIQ Foreign s t oc k s t h ere was, i n the early part of d ay, a general i mprovement i n pr i ces o f t h e eipal speculative descriptions. Mexican (ex all) Cragain 283 ; the New Stock remains at 254 26; "teek co n ti nue at 233 ; Spanish Passive at 291 ; oThQ at Turkish Consolides have improved 3 to 491 I. Confederate Loan is 751 76i. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very inactive, end prices have not varied to 4ny important extent. North• Western, however, have improved 10s, and Metropolitan ss. The Fo. teign and Colonial lines show no change of im• Portance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue de. Pressed. Alliance have receded to 614, London and i . eQ untY to 731 74, and Union of L on d on to 491. 4-i don Financial shares have declined to 211. 2 Engine ring and shipb u ildi ng C om p an y, Prem. ; Maritime Credit, 1t 2f, prem.; and Natal Investment Company, 1 1i prem. ,O\TERNU E n BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. NT FUNDS. 1) " Cent e ls bo Ac • oils° S 3 ount, Aug. INTP:3;' eent. Reduced N ow per Cent Nei 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1891 721 bo Et. - Ptr Cent., Jan. 1873 DTinuities 3 0yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — D°o for ' 0 yrs, p sth April, 1885 l4 9.16 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 3—urc h _ . June. D cheqtier Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent — die D 0 £5OO £lOO and £2OO .. — 25 11114 k England Stk, 5i per Ct. — b° A. ceoant IN i , Indi a l)--.l i GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1) SA tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 1) necount D° 6 per Cent. July, 1570 to Account o l Per Cent., Oct, 1888 bo Certificates D o ,afaced P aper, 4 per C ent .. t u efs 8.1 per Cent., May, 1879 ... —r Cent., * p e Aug. 1866 f, o 13 . 25 .t, 'o en ds 1,000 tinder £1,000~ kl.st • FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 1147 1 Bonds, 5 per Cent 1859 — 4 1Js z t oi r i l i Aaf,°: per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins — B _ a . tkccount per Cent °'i per Cent. 1852-58-60 13 'bo 1883 — ne4 o .1) 0 - „ Ayres 6 per Cent to Account — Chili. 1 Per Cent, (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C b o a A ;. 3 Per Cent. ei e - ,.12 Pei Cent e b — ulau 6 per C'e 4 a, 6 _ . 1) 0 a Per Cent. tqii„, Per Cent, 1864 ba,,,",°P New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Eg l . -- , ) ",.' ; 3 Per Cent., 1825 ljra'a 7 Ce o c h , ~., Lecond per Issuen t h e" ' 5 Per C en t , 1824-5, ex-Coupons _...- -0 Acc . till: AC e ti co °P u ll° : lll l: t . • • . ~.., 114tetnala 6 per Cent. D 0 IR., 1ta1i an ....,",*" and 1859 rtle; u Per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Do - •ean. per Cent Account •,, 6 per Cent, 1864 , 26 ".,.,0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e.. .4) .-s° 6 Per Cent. Anglo• French....... uitto Scrip, £23 paid.... . die New Imperial 5 per Cent Granada Do 2 p er C ent. Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., Ap r il - 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 .- 13 ernvian 41 per Cent —. Do 3 per C en t. (U r ib arren) .. -- 0 bo Ac 41 co per unt rertuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account D 0 3 Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. ° b per „_ Account " 0 44 cnt 1850 .. 851 1) - per e " 1860 1 . , 0 4 'll ° 3 per Cent 1859 . ...... 88* 1) --° „ 6 , Per Cent, 1862 V:, -t x,liglo-Dutch t iaro.erip, £4O paid ka per Cent 8/). 1 ,, • '>econnt . qieh 3 Cent .i..) c , A per Do „.4ecount :0, ',,ew Deferred .„„'" ACCount — - , - , 0 1., . bo Nasty() 30k 291 i Zip,. Account tj'Bll Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Bwe?,.A.ccount b ui sil, 4 per Cent 1' 4 1)41:t . ) : 00:2; 6:: 8 , , A ci l oe6e uro P i: )11, BondsC 4 ren u i t t Cent,. ra B i : 1885.4 _ I), ;•coant _ D° per Cent. 1862 _ £lOO Bonds . D Do 1863 .. --- Irt: Guaratteed, 4 per Cent.. ... •D ez A uel a 3 Per Cent. Il ° --see°l2ot ...... o 6 I\o Per Cent., 1862 . .. -- fio Accou nt — 11.,, Per F 3 O paid • ... Cent ' -- Z ei Dlvidends oil the above payable in London 1.) Qt 81 ,,, a4 „ 4i per C•mt., Ex. 25f b o - ` A 43 / 4 per Cont,, - Ex. 12 Guil — It a l ia -* Per Cent. Certificates Do ti p: 6 Per Ce at., 1361, Ex. 25 francs — Pre4 he.ocount, 671 ri t.. ? a e- a, - "'-,, en. tea 2 per Cent. ' le r in, wi --`,"01-la'r Bondsl per Ct. Ex. 4s. —°7l.ele, 61 , er Cont.,n. Ex. 26f — C .r o b. TWO O'CLOCK. e °ls Money . t)4o llnt 4 891 I ~,. . . • ~wo. ~~J9';. d drove lad the Royal Earl of and uallers morn- Prince of the bridge INiarl/ 0 g his ince of of the or 2 9 t 4 lore the r joceES i n g for are a' oath/4 reach y. The f Eng cotland will 3r W° . ' gOB will o rbert; )0 1 y for sale s The i th e s BS' pro, cad' to be from gray ition 0 or gt 9. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share; Railways. j p aid. ; Closing Business 1 r Price. f done. • 13.11.' Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all i 11 st i Blythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co all 9 94 at ;Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 125 126 126 50 Cork and Bandon a:l 2 0 Cornwall all 6 7 10 Do A A gets no dh all 10 Do. B till fspc.p an.has all been paid to _B. 60 Dublin & Belfast June. all 3 5 36 26 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 CO 92 • st and S. Western, 130 110 112 at Great Eastern, Ord. etk 100 47 48 47} st Ditto A stock et Ditto Etat Anglian at 100 71 7,5 at Greatliorthof Scotland 100 St Great Northern lOO 133 135 1335 at Do A stock lOO 15 e. 151 j It2l 3 at Do 1,1 do at :Gt. S. an.; W. of Irelan: JJ 100 92 04 st Great Western 100 684 60 at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashire & York - shift 160 ! 1191 11)5 1195 at London and Bizokwall 100 j 68 70 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 i 1054 4065 10' st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 , 41 43 st Lon. & North 'Western 100 11'l /165 1164 at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 98 29 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 66 67 66k 60 Maryport and Carlisle, all 124 Dot shares all st Iletropolitan all 112 113 1121 st Nlidland Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 108 110 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 5 shares 25 :said Kent 10 Do Cray Line st :'Torth British st lidin., Perth, & Dundee 100 254 165 255 at Nth. Eastern—Berwie, 100 108 100 108 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 et Do betAs lOO 65 65 st Do York at Do Carlisle lOO 314 at N orth London 1 0 Do New 5 4 14 p .16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 104 11 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stool: i 100 19 41 at Do Scot. Mid, stock lOO 10 Shrews, and Welchpool all et Shropshire Union 100 57 59 at South. De Ton ...... 100 34 26' at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 103 105 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 7 8 26 Stockton & Darlington all 374 385 25 Do .. . 19 105 111 25 Do New, 1806 ll 8 9 ‘, at Taff Vale.. 100 165 170 10 Do B 8 6 7 t l 0 Do C 3 3 4 p 50 Ulster 15 Do L 1 Do it 0 Vale of Neath it Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 1t Waterford & Kilkenny 100 it West Cornwall lOO 34 36 it W. Hartlepool Har.&s, lOO it West Midland - --OXlOrd 100 it Do Newport! it Do Hereford! 100 Hereford` BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railw&ye Ittenth & St Lawrene( liora.,Barods&.Cent Ina Ott. 15yer oent... Do. New . • I 1•• Do. E. 5hare5......... Bullalo and Lasellurou Do. Pretersnoe tiuffalo,Brant,Wodricli 5 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1876 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Um Cape Town U Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. D Ext..... Do: do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d I'ref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndlaPenla.g - ua. s p.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. o 1 Canada Sharehi Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 5. .. Do. 44 p. o. Extension Dc. 1k Do. Fifth Extensim Melb.Corp. d p. Meib. & Hobson's Bay., Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Newßrunswick Cando Class A and 13 N.11,1.(rda3 pc Ist pt bcll , Soinde .......... Do. Delhi,. Do. do Do. Punjaub t Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flu.) Paid. all Closing Price. Share Business done Sk 1 7} all all 100 100 1(;.? 100 100 100 100 itmk Stook stock 100 stook 58 60 ICO ((Oil stook park p si 7/ 8/ 75 80 75 80 75 80 87 9) 91 pa 101 Hi.? 1( 0 looi par e p par 4p i 19 2) 71 73 CO 63 66 68 55 57 48 5! 43 *5 27 29 26 28 101 iO2 par ip stock stock itock stock stock all 100 (100 1 100 ) 2 1 all 98 100 9} 911 1J 1 4 16, 89 91 82 Si d fn 99 100 92 94 88 f 0 CO £2 S 5 82 84 89 181 09 ICO I ;c1 99 10 11V 1011 i 112 91 I COLOYIAL GOVERNMENT SECUITIES. Cso.Gov. p.c.J al) 1877-84 100 95 98 973 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 103 Do. ap. o. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 1( 2 D 0.5 p. o. Jan.&July. 10C 85 83 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 85 83 Cape G.liope, 6 p 0,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1892 100 119 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 :Ceylon, N0v.1873, 6p c 100 111 113 iMauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 106 108 .N.B.liov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 93 100 I Do. 6_p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. p 1,186( 100 96 18 Du. sp. c.,18i1 to 1870 100 063 9 7 1 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 963 9 7 1 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0, sterling, 1875 lOO 99 101 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 101 104 S. Ana G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 106 108 - IVio.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 - , Do. 10 Z p.c. Am&Oct... 100 1083 1093 1083 9 --- BRITISH MINES. 2 jLambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 3d ...afford Amalgamated 1 33 84 ;Devon G. Con.. (Taoist ) 1 575 605 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 08 79 I East Clogau Gold Ltd. jEast Caradon . '1.14.6 28 29 - ICast Cara Brea... E. Vir'l Russel (Tavistk.)! 8.13.1 43 5 - iGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 584 6 8 'Great South Tolgus.... 17s i 23 21 Wheal Vor (Ilelston 40 26 28 !Grenville .. Itlercd's-Foot ...... 8.12 48 40 - Jlingston Downs 4.18.0 31 43 'Lady Bertha - 13Iargaret (Uny Leiant 91„ 8 10 Marke Valley.. 4 I M - ymly Iron Oro (Lim ) 23 13 I 'New Seton lOl 75 85 —• North Downs 3 15 13 N.WII'I Baseet(lllo2, - mi 3.1.0 2 20 • North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze), Providence (Uny Lelnl. 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer , 13 470 480 S. Cara Brea (Illogan) — Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9) 45 60 tray Park 30.17.6 28 30 I PamarSilv.& Lead Min. - j fin Crort 9 173 183 West Basset (Illogan), l3 9 10 • 1V C' radon (Liskeard) 9 15 17 West Seton Wheel Basset (Illogan) 53 873 523 Wheal Buller(ttedruth) 10 15 28 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott ...... 15.8 13 2 Wheal MaryAnn(rden.) 8 14 18 'Wheal 3eton . 583 215 225 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) ( 7 19 21 - ; Wheal Union 4 16 2 1f 2 14 16 215 225 19 21 if 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pf., 96 PREFERENCE SHARES A.ND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4} per cent. pf., Ditto, 6 per cent pfl, 7 London, Brighton, &c., 4i per cent., 1861, 09 ➢letropolitan 5 per cent., 108 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Um., 14 Yudanauiutana of S. Australia, Ifm., 2f f BANKS. Alliance (11m.), 61 21 11 Ditto, new, 561 Anglo Austrian, 7/ Anglo-Italian, lim., 4/ Bank of Egypt, 29 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 38 / Commercial Bankof India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 28/ 4 Consolidated Bans, lira., 1 0 : English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 a European Bank, lim., 131 Imperial Ottoman, le/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lirn.. 51 London and Brazilian aim.), 48 9 8 / London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 5 41 London and Colonial (lfm.). London and County, ;5/ 4 London Joint Stock, 48 Mercantile and Exchange. him, 19 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira,, 25 4/ National of Liverpool, limited, 171 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim , 121 South Eastern, Urn., 84 Union of London, 50 1 49/ MISCELLANEOUS. Contract Corporation, lim., 31 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Coin. and Trading, lim., 3f El,glish and Australian Copper, Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Imperial Mercantile Credit A RSO., lim„ 81 k Joint Stock Discount, lim.. Land Credit of Ireland, lim„:0i London Financial Association, lim., 241 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 4i Trust and Agency ; of Australasia, lira„ Universal Marine, Insurance, lien„ COAL PC Face! of Coal per Ton at .RK ET. Walls End. - - T i asw e 1 1 ...... ...19 0 Hartlepool ..18 9 East Hartlepool 18 9 South Hartlepool 17 9 Kelloe.. .... • South Kelloe 18 0 Heugh Hall 18 0 Harton 16 9 Hetton ........ l9 0 Caradoc lB 3 South Hetton ~.19 0 Tanstall . .. 17 0 Whitworth.... 16 0 the close of the market. s. d. Cowpen Hartley 17 9 Eden Main l7 6 Tan&ld Moor 13 0 North Pelton Gas 14 0 Hastings Hartley l7 9 Pensher Primrose 17 3 Walls:Bad. Ships at market, 65; sold, 48, 1.16.4 5 00!: THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. ROBBERY BY A CRlMP.—Robert Jacobs, was placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with robbing a seaman, named Abraham Manners, of a £5 Bank of England note, and various other property. A cabman said yesterday afternoon he was engaged by the prisoner, and drone himself and a sailor to Bishopsgate street, and after taking a pint of ale in Old-street, set off, but before getting there the prisoner said they would go to Chelsea. When he asked to what part of Chelsea he was to drive, Jacobs said it was no use going, as it would be too late, but that they wished to go to Peck ham. Ho (witness) told them his horse was very tired, as it had been out all day, and ha afterwards asked them to hire another cab. The sailor, when he looked in the vehicle, appeared to be asleep. Jacobs said it was of no consequence, and that he would only detain him while he drove to Bishopsgate-street. He did so, and before the sailor got out of the cab he said he had been robbed of all Lis money. A crowd assembled, and then a police-con stable came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Constable .Tilley said his attention was attracted last a evening by disturbance in Bishopsgate-street. He went up and there he found the prosecutor accusing the prisoner with having robbed him. He took him into custody, and on being searched at the station-house a purse, a £5 Bank of England not', a gold chain, and a ring were found in his pocket, all of which the prosecutor identified as his .pro perty. He also found on the prisoner a watch. The prisoner said the watch was his own property, and that he hadilent it to the prisoner; so far as that was con cerned there need be no trouble. The constable asked for a remand, as he believed he shoald be able to produce some additional ;evidence against the prisoner. The Lord Mayor at once ordered the prisoner to be re manded for a week. THAMES. AN ABUSED AND PLUNDERED SAILOR.—PabIo Salo, an Italian sailor, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with assaulting Mary Williams. The complainant, one of the Eatcliff-highway girls, of considerable personal strength, said she had been living with the prisoner for eight day., and all the money he had given her in the course of that time was £3, with which she had supported him and indulged him in plenty of grog. Last night he was tipsy and qaarrelled with her and beat her. He knocked her down with his fists and then kicked her. She bled a good deal and her eye was blackened. Two of the frail sisterhood, companions of the com plainant, gave evidence of the beating with much exaggera tion, and a police-constable said he heard the screams of the woman, and when he came up she was bleeding from -the nose, and her face was bruised. The prisoner was standing by, ar d was partially intoxicated. The Italian, in broken English, said he came home to England in the ship Gloriosa, and fell in with the com plainant, who obtained all his wages, and had been spend ing the money as she thought proper. Two nights ago she brought home another chap, as homeward bounder with money, and told him to turn out. Last night she met him and abused him, and called him a dog, and a thief, and a son of a —, and other vile names. Mr. Paget—No doubt you have been abused and plun dered, as sailors who fall into the clutches of these women generally are plundered, but I cannot tolerate any woman being knocked about; they must not be ill-used. The Italian said he was very sorry, but the woman did call him such very bad names that it inflamed his blood. He was never called such names before. Mr Paget—l dare to say you were called dreadful names. You ought not to have struck her. The beating of women ander any pretence is not allowed by our laws. The prisoner said he was going to ship again this day and on board the Uloriosa, on which Mr Paget remanded him, and directed Inspector Adams of the Thames police to make inquiries about him, and to ask the captain of the Gloriosa to attend. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the shareholders in the Royal Insurance Company was held on Friday, the sth inst., at the company's offices, in North John-street, Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., the chairman of the company, presided, and there was a very numerous attendance, The notice convening the meeting having been read, Mr FERCY M. DovE, the actuary and manager, read the following REPORT OF TILE DIRECTORS. The opportunity of another annual investigation of the affairs of the Royal Insurance Company having now taken place, the directors proceed to lay before the shareholders the results and conclusions which it affords. I exceeded half a million sterling, lam afraid some of the shareholders will be disappointed, after so good a year, at the amount of dividend which we declare ; still I trust and believe that they will, upon the whole, approve of the pru dence of the directors, in proposing, as they do propose, the usual dividend ; and have no doubt that the character of the company will be still further raised by this evidence of the care with which its affairs are managed. Ido not know that I have any further observations to make. I shall be happy to answer any questions which any shareholder may wish to put ; and I beg to move— " That the report now read be received and adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the proprietors." Mr BROCKLEBANK-Mr Chairman and gxatlemen,— After the very lucid statement we have heard as to the state of the company's affairs, and the reasons which the chair man has given for the course which the directors have now proposed, with your sanction, to pursue, I think you will all agree with me that that course is ene of prudence, and one that will give satisfaction to the public. I cannot dis guise from myself, as the chairman has observed, that there may be some little disappointment (looking at the large pro fit we have realised from our business during the past year) amongst some of the shareholders that they do not receive largera dividend thin that of former years, particularly when I recollect the price at which the shares are in the market ; and which indicates the confidence that the share holders and public have in the management of this impor tant commercial concern. It indicates, also, the value of the concern hereafter. With the directors of the Royal Insur ance Company security has always been the first consi deration, and in giving you a dividend of not more than 7s per share they are consulting, not only the security of the shareholders themselves, but likewise the security of the public—those who bring us business; and I cannot for one moment suppcse, looking at the conservative policy that this company has hitherto pursued, that the shareholders will upon this occasion reverse that policy. With regard to the reserve fund, I do think any reasonable man, whether a shareholder or director, will consider that, when the amount of premium is £340,000 per year, £200,000 is too much of a reserve fund. With these few observations, I beg to second the resolution that the report be received, adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the proprietors. The CHAIRMAN then moved tbat William Titherington, Esq., and Joseph Younghusband, Esq., be re-elected auditors for the ensuing year. Mr ATEINsorr seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr YOUNGUUSBAND, in reply, said—Gentlemen, on behalf of my colleague and myself, I beg to thank you for our re-election. I can assure you, gentlemen, that we have had every facility afforded us of examining into the accounts of the concern. We have examined carefully every security in the possession of the company, and found them all correct; we have examined every voucher for cash pay ments, and they, I need scarcely tell yon, are all correct ; we have examined the bank book, and given also a cursory examination to every book belonging to the com pany, and we have found them all correct, I think, gentle men, that is all the necessary explanation that I need give. There is one thing, however,—the assets of the company have not been mentioned, either in the report or by the chairman. I believe I may state that they amount to some thing less than £1,150,000, but I can assure you that those assets actually represent a sum nearer £1,500,000. During the whole time the company has been in existence it has never made a bad debt. The CHAIRMAN. —I hope you will allow me to move vote of thanks to our excellent manager, Mr. Dove.—(Ap plause.) To his unceasing care and attention, and to the ability and assiduity which he displayed in the manage ment of this great company, its progress and prosperity are in a great measure due.—(Cheers.) He deserves your best and sincerest thanks and acknowledgments, and I have no doubt you will carry this resolution by acclamation. Mr. CAMPBELL FOSTER had very great pleasure in se conding the motion, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. PERCY M. DOVE said—Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in rising to express, as I have now done for many years, my grateful thanks for the honour dcne to me and to others by the compliment you have paid us. The results of the last year may be compressed into a sentence or two, but they will be sen tences containing many important facts. Though brief they will reveal a progress which, taking all its points, is rarely to be met with. My own experience has been a somewhat lengthened one, but I do not know, going back for forty years, many parallels of similar success, taking the following items altogether as being the results of a single year. First, we have an increase in the fire premiums of about £40,000; secondly, a sum assured on new life busi ness amounting to £750,000, for which the premiums receivable are £34,000; and, lastly, an increase in the life and annuity fund of upwards of £lOO,OOO. I repeat that the additions made to your revenue, both fire and life, in the last year, are very remarkable. Indeed, they might be considered as mere indices of a last effort to attain our maximum revenue, if it wer'e not happily ascertained in the report that the new life policies of the present year outstrip those of the past one, and give hope that the sum assured of the year 1864 will not be far from a million sterling, with a net amount of premium, not alone cf £24,000, as in the last year, but ap proaching to £30,000. We have a similar indication in the fire deptutruent, and I do not despair of our being able to add another £lO,OOO to our fire branch this year, or if nr t, that our increase shall at the least be equal to the average ratio of increase for the last ten or fifteen years. The Go. vernment Returns of Insurance Companies' Accounts for the last few yours, presented to Parliament, and which are noticed in the report, show the affairs of this company to be most satisfactory from every point of observation, comparing the " Royal" with all our other Insurance Companies esta blished under the act of Victoria, among which are included some excellent institutions promising in their future pros pects. I find that the fire premiums collected in the years included in the "Returns" by the "Royal" to be about three times the amount even of the very largest of the others, and that the ratio of our expenses, both fire and life, is less than almost any of the others named in this Parliamentary document. It was only this morning that we received likewise the return, ordered by the House of Com mons to be printed, of the duty paid for the last year to Government, as moved by Mr Charles Turner. I have had, of course, but a few minutes to look at that document, but what I have seen convinces me that these returns have never afforded more striking evidence of our progress in English and Irish business. It will at any rate, however, be in the highest degree satisfactory to tell you, on the authority of that Government paper, that the " Royal" has advanced beyond some other companies who were previously before us, and that this company has actually paid in the last year a larger amount of duty in the United Kingdom than any other office, excepting two excellent and well-known Lon don companies, one established for more than 70 years, and the other for above 150 years. I repeat my sincre acknow ledgments to you for your kind notice, and trust 1 may have the pleasure of continuing my share in the labours of all connected with this great company, while health and strength for the task are vouchsafed to me. (Applause.) The meeting then separated. NALREETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arri7als of old home grown wheat were very moderate, but there was a fair show of new produce on the stands for the time of year. The trade for all qualities was dull. at Monday's decline in the quotations. New wheat was quoted as follows :—Red, 42s to 445; white, 46s to 48s; and Talavera, 48s to 50s per quarter. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. Generally speaking the trade ruled quiet, at about previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, on former terms. The supply of barley on sale was moderate, yet the trade ruled firm, at full prices, New Kentish produce was quoted at 31s to 338 per quarter. Malt was is fair average request, at full currencies. With oats the market was well supplied. The trade however, was moderately active, at quite previous quota. Lions. Beans and pas fully supported Monday's currency. The show of samples on offer was small. The flour trade ruled quiet, at almost stationary prices. AItRIVALS THIS VEES. Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 490 120 710 880 Irish .. — 690 Foreign .. brie. BOROUGH HOP. Last year's hops are in steady request, at full prices. Otherwise tho trade is quiet. The accounts from the plan tations are satisfactory. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows: Beef, from 26 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 8d to 43 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od; veal, 3s 3d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opened quiet, and without change in price. Sales, probably 5,000 bales, A MAGISTRATEFINED FOR ILLEGALLY ARREST. ING A STREET PREACIIER.—Mr Younghusband, one of the Birkenhead magistrates, was yesterday the de fendant in the Birkenhead County Court, in an action brought against him by Mr Dowling, a street preacher, who sought 40a damages for illegal arrest and assault. Dowling, while crossing in a steamer from Woodside to Liverpool, on the 25th of June, commenced to preach, and, on refusing to desist, he was given in charge by Mr Younghusband. On this he was taken back to Birkenhead, and conveyed through the streets to Bridewell, where after a brief examination, he was discharged. Mr Harden, the judge of the County Court, who tried the case, gave judg• ment for 40s, and costs for the plaintiff. SUGAR ON THE PLATE !—Sugar is beginning to be grown rather extensively in the province of Mendoza, River Plate, and it is expected from the appearance of the crop that the produce will be sufficient to supply the Buenos Ayres market.—The Grocer. THE MACKAY GUN.—We understand that Go vernment has given Mr James Mackay, of Liverpool, an order for one of his windage adaptation guns, the weight to be 10 tons, and the bare the same diameter as the ordinary 68 pounder. A 12-pounder gun on the same principle as the heavy gun recently tried will shortly be publicly tested. We are informed that the range already attained is much in exo , ,ss of that of any other weapon. COLLISION.--A telegram received by the Liver pool underwriters yesterday states that on the 7th inst. the Providence sloop and a Cardiff pilot boat came into colli sion near Harmock, and both sank. The crew of the former was drowned, and that of the latter say ed. A WELSH JURY.—With reference t o the case of a man named Edward Regan, charged at the Mold assizes on Friday last with rape, and acquitted, the Lord Chief Justice, on coming into court on the following morn ing, thus addressed the Under-Sheriff:—" Before closing these assiz:s let me ask you in future to return men more capable of discharging the duty of jurors than those who served on the first jury yesterday. They returned a ver dict of accquital, and in the whole course of my profes sional career I don't know a more signal, instance of the failure of jus tice. FEARFUL FALL OF A FEMALE INTO THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, the coroner, received information of the death of Mrs. Martha Matthews, aged 31 years, who resided at 73, Albany-road, Camberwell, which was occasioned under the following frightful circumstances :—lt would appear that on Satur day she came from her door, opposite to which—in the road way—was a cutting about 25 feet deep, belonging to the works of the Main Drainage. Having some curiosity to see the men at work she leaned over the barrier, when she lost her balance, and with a loud scream the was prscipi tatcd head foremost into the sewer. As soon as possible she was brought to the surface in an insensible condition, and conveyed to Saint Thomas's Hospital, where,, she was at once attended by Mr Siddall, the house surgeon, who found that her skull was fractured and that she was otherwise so dreadfully injured that she expired in a few hours. The deceased had left behind a family of five young children, and at the time of the occurrence was far advanced in pregnancy. Mr John Henry Etheridge, formerly of the Union Bank of Australia, and manager in London, since its commencement, of tho London and South African Bank, has been appointed general manager in Liverpool of the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited.) The directors of the Agra end Masterman's Bank (Limited) have this day declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, together with a bonus of £2 per share, for the half-year ended 30th ~)f Jane last, payable on 18th inst., being together at the rate of 18 per cent, per annum. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, The inauguration of the statue erected to the memory of the late Prince Consort, patron of the institution, took place yesterday, with the greatest eclat, in the grounds of the Asylum, near the Old Kent-road. The assemblage was large and distinguished, but had the weather been more favourable there would have been a very large addition to the number present. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived, with the usual punctuality, at the hour at which the interesting ceremony had been fixed to take place, and was received with the utmost demonstrations of respbet—the ladies waving their handkerchiefs and the military bands in attendance playing she national anthem. The statue was afterwards unveiled, and an address ap propriate to the occasion having been presented, His ROYAL RIULLNESS said it gave him the greatest pleasure to attend there that day, but that feeling of plea sure was much heightened by the knowledge that his late revered father took the greatest interest in the prospezity and welfare of this noble institution. It would always be a pleasure to him to lend his aid in furthering their praise. worthy and laudable endeavours ; and he had to thank them sincerely for the kind feelings they had expressed towards the Queen, the Princess of Wales, and his infant son. His Royal Highness delivered his short but expressive speech in the most hearty meaner, and having for a few minutes looked earnestly upon the statue of his late father, congratulated the gentlemen who had taken a prominent part in the day's proceedings, and shortly afterwards re-en tered his carriage and returned to Marlborough House. Course of Exchange.—Yesterday, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam 12 ~.2i --25 72i 25 71 Antwerp - • • Brussels— 2,5 72± 25 80 Haraburgh - 3 10i 13 102 Paris Ditto Marseilles ... 25 721 25 77 Frankfort on Maine.. —120 i 121 Vienna Trieste _ _ Peterhurgh ........ 'n Madrid 47k 48k Cadiz — . 48 4S Leghorn — 25 75 2b 82} Milan Genoa Naples Palermo ..... 25 80 25 85 Iviessiha ••••• ..... 25 SO 25 85 Lisbon *** ...•••• ''''` 51. t sli Opri.o • —51 i Cipt. G. R. Lempriere, instructor of musketry at the Royal Eniginoer establintlzuent, Chutteus., been appointed instructor c musketry a kica. wood. Lieut. R. 0. Jogab been r,ppoiLi3l temporary instructor to tb.e co - ipa of Royal Engia neers. pending the appeia talent of Capt. L=- priere'e ncceesor. rlitE 84-kNCII. In the fire branch an increase of business has been realised not only larger than the average amount of the past years of the company's existence, but exceeding in amount that of any one yeer hitherto. The premiums of the year reach the rum of £311,663 3s 2d, being an advance of £40,977 7s 3d over the preceding year. The report for 1850 gave the' increase of each year for ten years, commencing with the year 1850. The largest ad. vance in these successive periods wag £35,639 Os. 2d, The annual progress of the company since that date is shown by the following figures : Increase of the year above Premium. the preceding one. 1860 .... £1.63,977 19 11 £34,663 12 8 1851 .... 292,492 19 11 29,425 0 0 1862 390,690 15 11 8,287 16 0 1863.... 341,568 3 2 , 40,977 7 3 The premiums have thus been enhanced in four years by £113,353 15s. 11d,, the largest amount of incrcase having been obtained in the last year. DUTY. The test provided by the amount of duty paid for Go vernment furnishes, as heretofore, corresponding evidence of the progress of the Royal Insuvnace Company. The in crease, by the payments made for the year 1803, is far larger than at any former period. The amount of duty paid by the company in 1862 Dittto ditto 1863, 88,966 6 2 Showing an increase of ...... £12,973 7 2 Among the incidents which have tended to the advance of the "Royal" within the last few months may be reckoned its action with respect to the losses susta:ned by the explo sion of the Lotty SlVgh, which, although only consistent with the gerkeral tenor of the conduct of the company, and ultimately proved to be no more than what had been done in former times by the oldest and most proverbially honour able among its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public favour by its unhesitating promptness. The publication, under Parliamentary sanction, of the balance sheets of insurance companies, has proved another source of advantage to this establishment. The analysis of these accounts, which has been completed apparently by an accomplished hand, places the Royal Insurance Company in the highest position, both asNa fire and life establishment, and exhibits its comparative prominency with respect to all the other companies established under the act of 7th and Bth Vict. in an equally favourable 'light, whither its accu mulated capital, its premiums, or the ratio of its expendi ture be made the subject of inquiry. It is further a pleasing duty for the directors to state that the reault of the year, as represented by the profit accruing during the period, presents a precisely parallel result, to that of the amount of premiums received. its the largest total of revenue and the largest ratio of progression have been attained in the present year, so it happens that the largest profit which it has ever fallen to the direotors to record has likewise on this occasion to be announced. This favourable position of your affairs is obviously due, in a great measure, to the fact that the losses of the last year have amounted to a less percentage of the amount of the total premiums than for any like period during the eleven preceding years. The present year 1864, however, on the contrary, shows, so far as it has passed, a far more unfa• vourable experience, the claims of the last seven months being very considerably above the average amount for a like period of time. The balance to the cred.t of profit and loss, on account of British and foreign insurances for the year, is £67,575 17s 3d, and on the American account £15,969 7s 11d, NORTH AMERICAN BRAITCII. The fluctuations in the exchange bemeen this country and America, referred to in the last report, having recently become still more violent, sudden, and excessive than at that time, the directors feel assured thet the shareholders will concur in the propriety of laying aside the profit of this branch for the year, to be dealt with it the same way as the amount of its profit for the preceding year. • LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the life branch, as shown by the new business trausacted in the last year, is most promising as respects its future prospects of development. The advances made year by year in the amount of new insurances effected show clearly the estimation in which the com pany is held. The following is a statement for the last five years Net Sum Assured on Ne w Foibles after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. 1859 .... £134,470 11 10 ..., £13,086 0 5 1860 .... 449,241 16 2 ..., 15,079 17 10 1861 .... 521,101 17 0 .... 16,627 18 0 1862 .... 701,427 15 3 .... 22,333 13 2 1863 .... 752,546 18 10 ..., 24,069 12 8 This rapid growth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the sum assured, and upwards of 80 per cent, en the premiums re ceived in the course of five years, may justly be considered as larger than any which could have been reasonably expected. The half-year of 1864, however, far outstrips the ratio of increase indicated by the figures just quoted, as the sum assured for that period of six months only actually exceeds half-a-million sterling. The rate of mortality, likewise, still presents highly fa vourable features, and augurs well for the result to be shown by the quinquennial investigation, which is to take place w h en th e present year is concluded. The Life Assurance accounts further exhibit a sum of £80,025 17s. 6d. added to the Life' Funds in the year 1863, being an amount equal to 64 per cent. on the net premiums received during that time. To this sum must be added the increases made in the balances to the credit of the Annuity making further amount of and Annuity Funds aro, therefor e , g6ibyd.thl,eh l e Fund s , Lifea r g esum of £lO3, 052 4s. 3d. in the limit iaao augmented nos Endowment single g t oes. l e 7 year. LONDON. Tho company's business for the last year in the metro polis has closed with very prosperous results. Tho exten sive buildings of the company in Lombard-street progress towards completion, and it is supposed will be ready for occupation in a few months. The rents already agreed upon for a portion of the offices lead to a conviction that the plan chase will prove a more profit a bl e i nvoi ,t m ent than even was ant i c ip a ted at the period of the last report. DIVIDEND AND 110 NUS• The directors beg now to recommend that a dividend of i nco me tax, be declared. 3s per share , and a bon us of 4s, t o gethor is, each free of ei rAULES TURNER, Chairman. August 4, 1864. The Cliammaar said—Gentl emen, the business of the past year forms no exception to the undeviating career of pros perity has attended co mmencement. Our theßoyal Insurance company since rityi premiums on the Fire branch amoun ted in 186 3 to £341,663, and show an increase over those of 1862 of L'40,977. I thi n k that we have every reason pe t : to be satisfied with the progress that we are making. Gen tlemen, I hope that you will not consider it oat of place ifT allude very briefly to a subject which is mentioned in the report, and which has given rise to a meat deal of discus sion during the past year, namely, the explosiom of gun powder on board the Lotty Sleigh, and the coarse pursued by this company with re,erence to payment of the losses in curred thereby. Gentlemen, Your direotors, aided by the advice of your excellent manager, came to the conclusion that, although the company was not li a bl e i n l aw f or t h ose losses, yet, taking a fair a n d liberal view of the question, they ought to be paid. We cons idered, in f a ct, th a t we wer e morally bound to pay. H avin g come to that conclusion, we determined at once to assume the responsibility of acting in accordance with it ; and the insured were immediately noti fied that no question would be raised, but that the claims would be at once paid on demand. your directors are of opinion that the course they took was not only the proper one, but a course calculated to maintain the high character for justice and liberality which has alway s di st i ngu i s h e d th e Royal Insurance Company in its dealings with the public, and therefore conducive to your best i n t erests. The directors are moreover glad to have it placed on record that, their conduct in-,this matter having been brought before a legal tribunal, on the suit of one of the shar e h o l ders, Vice-Chan cellor Wood—than whom no judge r 7 able or more emi nent sits upon the Chancery bench —sat only dismissed the bill with costs, but expressed a aa ona opinion that the course pursued land been a proper one, and was calculated to promote the best interests of tile com PtulY. Gentlemen, our accounts, as you are aware, are made up only to the end of last year, and the business since that period, for the last six months, is merely a matter of. qailata.e ; hut, taking it as an estimate, I am bound to say that as regards cur fire business it is not so favourable ; 4 situougb our receipts for premiums have been large, Our iosaas have been serious in proportion. But, gentlemen, lam afraid if we had un deviating prosperity we should have very little business ; for people would como to the conclusion that fires were so few that they were not called upon to protect them selves by insurance against loco. business of in• surance, whether fire or life, upea averages, and if the average results of five or me.. ; , years be good, we ought to be prepared for unfavourable yeas yea ia'oal time to time. With an income of £30,000 per annum, we must expect occasional large losses, but with a large reserve judiciously built up, such occasional casualties are compa ratively unimportant. As regards our life business, I must call your particular attention to the details in the report, which exhibit a rapidity of progress probably unexampled, and I cannot forbear recapitulating the astounding fact, that the net sum insured on new Policies, atter deducting guarantees, was, in 1863, £752,546, upon which the net in- come was £24,o69—whilst I beg you to note the still more astounding fact that the amount insured in the Royal upon new life policies for the first six months of 1861 actually ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. • WESTERN CIRCUIT.-WELLS, Aug. 8. SECOND EDITION . THE MURDER AT HATCH BEAUCHAMP. John Allen, i 2, labourer, was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder cf his wife, Betsy Allen, at Hatch Beauchamp,.near Taunton, on May 4. Mr Speke and Mr Murch prosecuted—Mr Bere defended the prisoner. The prisoner, who seemed considerably agitated, pleaded in a low voice, not guilty. Mr Speke, after some introiuermy observations, pro ceeded to narrate the facts of the —mad from his state ment it would appear that the pr is 'Lad been married to the deceased ay. - .7.7,-!.n. for nearly 90 and during the last 10 or 12 years, had resided at Hati.:-1 . 3eancho.Mr, where he lived in a small adjoining - 1.1,0 road between Hatch Beauchamp and BEG' Craeombe. The house consisted of four small rooms, two upstairs and two downstairs, and ad joining it, but net comn-lunicating k;it...3. ft in any w2y, was a small outhouse. Near to tuts was a. 7 r.in-pond, and on fl :e other side of the mill-pond a E,::.:20 to a neigli • bour. In the house there resided the prisoner, his wife, and two daughters, one a grown-up fornale, and the other a little girl about 9 years of age. The grown-up girl had an infant child. On this occasion, the 4th of .nay, there lodged in the cottage some railway labourers,nam . ed Strode and St eele, and a boy called "Billy," and on that morning they had gone to their work as usual, being engaged upon a line of railway that was making near the house. In addition to these members of the prisoner's family, there lived in another house in the village a married daughter, who on the morning in question was unwell. The prisoner got up very early on the 4th of May, and went to a place named North Curry to get some medicine for her. On his return he was seen by a witness named Charley coming across a field, but just be fore he arrived at his cottage he was lost sight of by this person, and Chorley then went to fetch the key of his stable. Whilst at the stake door the prisoner was distinctly seen by him to come out of his cottage covered with blood, and go to the mill-pond with a watering-pot or can, and dip up some water. This eould not have been more than five minutes after the time Chorley lost sight of him in the field. Shortly after the deceased woman was also seen to emerge from the cottage, likewise covered with blood. The prisoner then took hold of her, put his arm round her waist, and led her back into the cottage again. Chorley then went and gave an alarm, and ran down to the railway to get as sistance. What occurred in the cottage during the five mi nutes the prisoner was lost sight of by Chorley was witnessed by one person only—the prisoner's little girl, of nine years of age, whose evidence is given below. After the shocking scene detailed by the child, the poor woman was removed to the Taunton Hospital. Oa the Bth of May, four days after the occurrence, believing herself dying, she made a statement in which sho gave an account of the affair. After the Bth of May she rallied, and began to get rather better, and continued to do so until her wounds were com pletely healed. Shortly after, however, she began to expe rience paroxysms of difficulty of breathing, and was afflicted with them at frequent intervals until the time of her death, which took place on the 17th of J une. A light was subse. quently thrown upon the motive the prisoner had in com mitting the crime by the prisoner himself, who, when at the hospital and in the custody of a police officer, made a state ment to the effect that a man named Jim had, on the night previous to the 4th, accused his wife of not being a woman of her word. This annoyed the prisoner very much, and he requested her to go to bed. This she refused to do, and he remarked, "He supposed she wished to stay up to go off with Jim in the morning." She replied that what she had told him she had and she should say no more. They subse quently went to bed, and the prisoner said he entreated her to stay with him, for she had often said she would leave him and go to London. On the following morning he got up and fetched the medicine. On his return he asked her to kiss him but she refused, and he then cut her throat, in order that they might both lie in one grave; and in conclusion, the prisoner said the law could not do more than hang him for it. The first witness called was William Chorley, a miller, whose evidence was confirmatory of the above statement, as regards what occurred when the prisoner was seen leaving his house, covered with blood, followed after wards by the wife. Two of the chief witnesses were the daughters of the prisoner. The moment they came into the witness box they fixed their eyes on their fattier and burst into an agony of grief, in which state they continued during the whole of their examination, their eyes being constantly directed to their father. Every one in court was sensibly effected, for it has seldom fallen to the lot of any one to witness such a scene. The chief question arose upon the medical testimony. Hannah Allen, daughter of the prisoner, deposed as fol. lows—l don't know how old I am. I know I ought to tell the truth. lam the daughter of the prisoner (the child, evidently about nine years of age, cried bitterly). I have a sister named Jane, who lived at home; She was ill, and my father went to North Curry for some medicine. My sister Jane had an infant. We lived with my father. Gore and Steele and Billy, who were labourers, lodged in our house. My father came home with the medic;ne. I think he spoke to my mother. I forget what he said. lie asked my mother to kiss him. 'Sly mother went out of the house. 1 have forgotten it all. I don't know whether my father followed her. I heard mother call out in the outhouse, and then I saw blood. 1 saw mother's throat cut. Father cut it. He did it more than once. I don't know how many times. There was a hogshead there in which cider was kept. She put her head down on the cask, and I saw the blood, and that her throat was cut. Father and mother came into the house together. I don't know whether father had anything in his hand. I forget, I took a knife from father's hand. He was near to mother then. She was lying on the ground. I saw blood on both of them. Father's throat was cut, and mother's too. I don't know how mother came on the oor. Father came into the room first, and then mother, and then I came next. I think rather had a razor in his hand before he had the knife. The razor was on the table. After I took the knife I saw mother get up. She begged me to go after my sister Jane. As I was going I saw mother come out to the gate and father follow her. Jane Allen—l am a daughter of the prisoner. On the 4th of May I was at work at Mr Baker's. My sister came for me, and I went towards our cottage. I saw my mother in the field. Father took her by the arm and led her back towards the house. I followed them. Father sat on a chair, with one elbow on his knee ; mother sat on a form by the fire-place. She was blood all over, coming from her throat. She had a towel round her neck. (The poor girl was here most dreadfully effected.) Father was blood all over. The room was blood all over. 1 saw the razor on the table, and the handle of it was on the floor. My mother had good health, but I have not been always at home. A railway labourer named Bull gave evidence in corro boration of the statement wade by the witness Chorley ; and the police-constable who took the prisoner into cus tody deposed to a statement made by the latter at the Taunton Hospital, to the effect stated in the narrative of the facts above given. The medical assistant of Dr Cordwent said he was in attendance upon the wife until the 17th of June, when she died. She was under the impression that she was dying. She said she did not think she should live. She then made a statement. Her condition was dangerous at that time. Mr Mules, a surgeon of Ilminster, who also attended the deceased, in his cross-examination said, supposing there had been no wound, the thickening of the throat might have been natural, Re-examined—lf the thickening had been natural there would have been symptoms to have shown it, but there were no such symptoms present. Dr. Cordwent gave similar evidence, but could give no positive opinion as to whet caused the inflammation which resulted in death. It might have been a cold. Mr Dere, in an able speech, after appealing to the feelings of the jury, and referring to the painful scene in court, re : viewed the evidence given by the prosecution, contonding that if there was a possibility that death could have arisen from another cause, although lees probable than the cause presented by the prosecution, they were bound to acquit the prisoner. That there was a possibility that the cause of death had arisen from natural cauho he contended had been shown by the prosecution, and they were, therefore, bound to find the prisoner not guilty of murder. His Lordship having summed up the evidence as ad duced, The jury returaed a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was passed in the usual form; _ The prisoner was helped out of the dock insensible. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2} per mille pm., an d the short exchange on London is 25.27 i per XI sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £.l 17e. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advicea from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchang on London Is 1.3.58 per £1 stcrlia: Standard gold at the L+•nglish Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London and the premium on gold are quoted with such large differences that no ca cu &Jong can be based on them ; but gold continues to be shipped to England. The annexed circular was issued yesterday after noon by Messrs Newby, Carson, and Co., East India commission agents, whose bills were stated to have been returned : Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Aug 9. It is with extreme regret we have to inform you that at present we find ourselves unable to meet our engagements. We have therefore placed our books in the hands of Messrs Edwatus hal James, who will, at the earliest possible day, I.y before our creditors a statement of our affairs, which we llsve scnsca to believe will not be unfavourable.—We are, y;:ur obe6icat zavaats, NEWBY, CARSON, and CO, Thu Soamie'Jenyns, -7v.tercl9v. }Ly . ?1~::. J_ ilL:,~g- ) lL:usin~~~~~ SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Dai, WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—Tnis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH') BIENNIAL STAKES. Baragah 1 Lord Zotiand Redcap .., .. 2 .............. 3 C 'EITEL C'.-P. acvc , lv:r •0 0 • 66666666 1 Saac:ford 2 Ssnszti~n ... . . 3 11 n. SHAKESPEARE STAR E`. of the . 1 .. 2 t7;ea Boy .... Sluggard Fivo CHILLINGTON Victorious Grappler ............................... .......... t Trumpeter .. HUNTINGDON RACES—Tnis DAY. SCURRY HANDICAP. Marigold _ _ _ _ lialleiale 2 Two ran. MILTON STAKES. Vision ............................................ Cordelia .......................................... 2 Hope .............................................. 3 Six ran. LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening, FOREIGN-OFFICE, JuL-r 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to Richard Chiaranda Maery Stevens, Esq., now Briti,h Vice• c„,O Cancellier at Constantinople, to be her Majesty's Consul at Jeddah. Ara. 8. The Queen has been pbiased to approve of 3 lr William Watson Harvey to be Consul at Cork for the Republic of Liberia. WHITEHALL, AUG. 8. The Queen has been pleased to nominate Pad appoint Christopher Baldock Cardew, Esq., to b 3 Clerk of the Patents. WAR-OFFICE, AUG, 9. Ist Regimentof Dragoon Guards—Surgeon William Holmes Jephson, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay ser vice, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. 4th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Riddell Morrison to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Smith Hill Child, who retires —James Warren Roberto; anat., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Morrison. Bth Hussars—Lieutenant Frederic Louis Brandreth, from the 18th Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice Pulleyne, who exchanges. 9th Lancers—Lieutenant Robert Stewart Cleland to be Captain, by purchase, vice Piers Thursby, who retires-- Cornet Gilbert Stirling to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cleland—Ensign Ronald Mackintosh, from the 78ile Foot, to be Cornet, vice Stirling. 11th Hussars—George Willi-an Smith, Gent., to be Ccrnet, by purchase, vice Henry William White, who retires. 18th Hussars—Lieutenant Edward Pulleyne, from the Bth Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice Brandreth, who ex changes, Royal Artillery —Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Pierrepont Henry Mundy to be Colonel, vice Thor ndiae, removed as a General Ofßcer—Captain and Brevet- Major Horace Parker Newton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Mundy—Captain Thomas Long worth Dames, from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Newton. Royal Engineers—Second Cap‘ain and Brevet. Major George Tomkyns Chesney to be Captain, vice Brevet- Major Hutchinson, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps—Lieutenant Patrick Murray to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major Chesney—Gentleman Cadet Conway- James, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieute nant, with temporary rank, vice Murray. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Fred. St. John Newdigato Barne to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon, Charles John Shore, who retires —the Hon. Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barne. sth Regiment of Foot—Ensign Wm. A. Eardley Wilmot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Langford Oliver, who retires—Gentlemen Cadet Charles Hackett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pure chase, vice Wilmot. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Nixon Montgomery to be ,Captain, without purchase, vice Henry Chinn Munn, deceased—Ensign William Edwards R0b.e...; be Lieu tenant, without purchase—Gentleman Cadet Charles Hyde Sheffield, from *he Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pm .se, vice Roberts, Foot—Ensign Frea. Fitzroy Gibbons to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Roper Deere Tyler, who retires —Gentleutaa Cadet Osmond James Forjett, from the Royal Military College, to be Eneigu, by purchase, vice Gibbon s. 17th Foot—Captain Charles C.I3C Grant to be Major, by purchase, vice Algerze.n. hob :t GarrAt, promoted to an Unattached Lieutenant-o:l:inalcy, by puTchase—Lieut. Bernard Heyer Weslbe - to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grant—Lieut. Athert Meanie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Ricli,od John Evans. who retires— En ign John Richard Price Coffin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Westby—Ensign George Ramsay Alured Donne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Boyce, who retires—Ensign John Lloyd Price to be Li e ut enant , by purchase, vice Neame—Gentleman Cadet Granville Vernon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coffin—Gentleman Cadet William Klingender, from the Royal Military College to be En sign, by purchase, vice Donne—Gentleman Cadet Charles Napier Rivett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price—Gentleman Cadet Ernest Tarleton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchsse, vice Augustus William Morris, transferred to the sSth Foot. __ 17th Foot—Surgeon Charles Hamilton Fasson, having crmpleted twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon- Major under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1853. _ _ . 30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Keoch Burns, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Paters Charles Lowder, who retires, hav ing been appointed a Deputy- Assistant Commissary- General. 36th Foot—Ensign Henry Gillum Webb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Amelius Taylor, who retires--Gen tleman Cadet &Annus Verner Gordon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webb. 57th Foot—Lieutenant Charles George Clarke to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Thomas W. J. Lloyd, killed in action—Ensign Henry Miller Powell to bs Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke—Ensign Philip Edward Powys to be Lieutenant, by purchase ' vice Powell, whose promotion by purchase on the 12th April, 1864, has been cancelled—Gentleman Cadet Charles John Matthews, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Powys. 58th Foot—Lieutenant Frank Cunliffe to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Henry Key, who retires—Ensign Oliver 13. St, John to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunliffe—Ensign George Vernon Colman Napier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William James Hall, who retires—Ensign Augustus Williams Norris, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice St. John—Robert Lewis Arathoon, Gent., to beE&igs, by purchue, vice Napier. 78th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles John Butler Stewart, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Ronald Macintosh, transferred to the 9th Lancers. 100t1oFoot—Ensign David Stanley Drummond Johnstone to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cbarles Henry Car riere, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Walter Hughes Thomas Smee, from the' Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, v.ce Johnstone. Ist West India Regiment—Quartermastet Sergeant William Cole to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edward Hamil• ton Barlow, promoted. Royal Malta Fencible Artillery—Lieutenant James Lez zarini to be Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Loretto Bonavita, deceased—Richard Casolani, Gent., to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice MEPICAL DEPARTMENT. - George Arthur Wellesley Wright, M.D., to be Staff Assistant Surgeon. To be Acting Assistant Surgeons—Wiiliarn Kortright Brock, John Richard Roc, Edward Arthur Keogh, M.D., William Eliot Boc•Ir, John Burke Gaffney, William James Aloysius Gaven, Richard Fitz Gerald, Ambrose Mulcahy, and William Francis Fenton. BREVET. Colonel Daniel Thornidike, from the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General on the Unattached List, vice Richard Hardinge. Lieutenant-Colonel John Neptune S a rgent, C. 8,, 31 Foot, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to be Colonel, under the provisions of Unattached, to be the Royal major F Francis sant L, o l f v l h 4 i t t h m o o ro c e o o b an e r b r o , of : ac B a oA b i . onnseoinT, hnoorny ad: kAe Ar tillery, Lieut.- Colonel. Captain Archiba o l f d th E e d p w r a o r m d tillery, to be Major. . . . ..._ oya. Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Captain.. Royal ll Artillery, who List t tive List at the time of their Paymaster . William In consequence Piers 13 51 i f se h y : the rank of Major-General, the . two undermentioned officers rsofotiorteihrebeeenti.oltr,eetithroeid'ab e ko' f un d l a lt 7o ea r- yE G Lff e le n era ls, vi z . :—Colon el Richard Beaumont Burnaby and Colonel William How Hennis, ADMIRALTY, Aro. 6. Royal Marine Light Iniantry.•_Second Lieutenant Thomas Da!yes Broughton to be First Lieutenant, vice Nantes, removed from the List —Second Lieutenant Joseph Ed ward ITNeale to be First Lieutenant, vice Otter, re signed—Mr John Dows has been this day promoted to be nn Acting First Class Assistatt Engineer in her Ma jesty's Fleet. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette : Richard Hibberd, ironmonger, Manchester William Higgins, butcher, Manchester William George Lewis, pewterer, Southwark Henry Drei ger, merchant, Great St. Helen's, City Thomas J. Hollis, general salesman, Camden-town. Thomas Jones, contractor, Swansea Wm. C. Key, tobacconist, Birmingham James T. Hagreen, dentist, Cambridge Thomas J. Wallington, box maker, Crown• Court, Fleet street Thomas W. Scott, draper, Bishop:gate - s tre et Charles Stewart Williams, Failma ker. Po p lar BANKRLT PTC IES ANNULLED. George Fox, gasfitter, Liverpo ol Emma Stitt, widow, Darden , N orthu mberland Robert Speck, millwright, Heade SCOTCH' BANKRUPTS. Jo-an Allansbaugh, Stow Aisxaciler B aztcn , watchmaker, / s ..b;:rdean Neil Gray, grocer, Barrhzad: DO ° obabli o iled acliff a souse, b9l°l° Lai A tar neath e ex in Oa° 2 idg 6 *lag ,r 0° rad iii 8 fo r bug' Os to iod ea' ce. loci cro 01 i;)